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Violin

  • 1997 first published
  • 320 pages
  • ★ 2.0 (3 ratings)
  • 32 editions

Anne Rice's Violin (1997) is a ghost story and horror novel. The story is set in New Orleans, La. and Vienna. It features Ludwig von Beethoven, Triana and Karl. Readers will find themes of middle-aged women, violinists, AIDS and musicians.

Open Library readers give it an average of 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 40 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 32 editions across 4 languages.

At about 320 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About Violin

Violin, released October 15, 1997, is Anne Rice's richly alluring new ghost novel that moves across the centuries to tell the story of three charismatic figures wrapped in music. A return to the romanticism of her first books, wild, passionate, tormented, operatic, Violin moves from nineteenth-century Vienna to modern New Orleans to Rio de Janiero telling the story of three unforgettable people. The first is an exquisite and vulnerable young woman who dreams of becoming a great musician. The second is a brilliantly talented and dangerously seductive violinist--a ghost--who uses his gifts, and his magic violin, to engage and dominate the emotions of his prey. The third who, in essence, is always present, is the spectre of Beethoven. The dramatic interplay of their ambitions, dreams, and desires are the stuff of an operatic tale full of passion and music. Fortissimo in feeling--a novel in the unique Anne Rice grand manner. Anne is flattered by the above, obviously she did not write this.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Ludwig von Beethoven
  • Triana
  • Karl
  • Lev
  • Stefan
  • Niccolò Paganini

Subjects

  • Middle-aged women
  • Violinists
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Occult fiction
  • AIDS
  • Musicians
  • Ghost stories
  • New orleans, La.
  • Horror
  • Occult & supernatural
  • Louisiana

Quick answers

Who wrote Violin?

Violin was written by Anne Rice and first published in 1997.

What genre is Violin?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories, Horror and Occult Fiction.

How long is Violin?

The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Violin?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Graveyard Book, The Great God Pan and The Amityville Horror.

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